I decided, after the fact, to see how I did on Random House’s YA Reading Bingo Challenge 2014. I did this YA challenge and the standard reading challenge, with zero repeats!
FEMALE HEROINE: The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman
SET IN A HIGH SCHOOL: Also Known As by Robin Benway
LAST IN A TRILOGY: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. My post
COLOUR IN THE TITLE: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. My review
FIRST IN A SERIES: Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
SET IN THE FUTURE: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. My review
WITH A BREAK UP: A Room With a View by E. M. Forster.
WITHOUT A LOVE TRIANGLE: Gossamer by Lois Lowry
BECAME A MOVIE: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
SET IN PARIS: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming
SET IN THE PAST: Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd. My review
WITH MAGIC: The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone
SET IN THE SUMMER: A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry
WITH A DRAGON: How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell. My review
MADE YOU CRY: Anne of Green Gables by l. M. Montgomery
GRAPHIC NOVEL: Stardust by Neil Gaiman. My review
BASED ON A MYTH: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Theseus and the Minotaur)
“CLASSIC” YA: The Giver by Lois Lowry. My review
A LION, A WITCH OR A WARDROBE: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis 😛
INCREDIBLE FIGHT SCENE: Sunshine by Robin McKinley. My review
HEARD ABOUT ONLINE: The Maze Runner by James Dashner. My review
SET IN ANOTHER WORLD: Shadows by Robin McKinley
EPIC LOVE STORY: Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley (Beauty and the Beast)
WITH MUSIC: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
You know what I just realized? I could totally throw this out there as a challenge to my class! Are there any more squares like these out there, just in case I wanna mix it up?
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Sure, a Google image search for Reading Bingo will bring up a plethora of options. There’s also the Back to the Classics Challenge. It’s a list rather than squares but it could work:
http://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.com/2014/12/announcing-back-to-classics-challenge.html?m=1
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That is a VERY cool idea! I wish I had you as a teacher!
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